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Page 50
As Punchi Menika passed a bush she heard from behind it the clashing of horns.
Very quietly she peered round. Two stags were fighting, the tines of the horns
interlocked; up and down, backwards and forwards, Snorting, panting, and ...
As Punchi Menika passed a bush she heard from behind it the clashing of horns.
Very quietly she peered round. Two stags were fighting, the tines of the horns
interlocked; up and down, backwards and forwards, Snorting, panting, and ...
Page 65
He assured Silindu that he had no intention of taking Punchi Menika out of the
compound. Punchi Menika, still crouching at his feet, told her father that she
would never leave him. It was eventually arranged that for the present Babun
should ...
He assured Silindu that he had no intention of taking Punchi Menika out of the
compound. Punchi Menika, still crouching at his feet, told her father that she
would never leave him. It was eventually arranged that for the present Babun
should ...
Page 68
The village women, who never tired of following Nanchohami's lead in jeering at
Karlinahami and Punchi Menika, soon learned to respect the passionate anger
which it was so easy to rouse in Hinnihami. And the passion of her anger was ...
The village women, who never tired of following Nanchohami's lead in jeering at
Karlinahami and Punchi Menika, soon learned to respect the passionate anger
which it was so easy to rouse in Hinnihami. And the passion of her anger was ...
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User Review - kaitanya64 - LibraryThingSet in colonial Ceylon, this novel is vivid and readable. While the author clearly illustrates a particular culture and time, that of a rural family in the "dry" forest area, where life is ... Read full review
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User Review - Steve38 - LibraryThingDear me but this is a depressing book. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong for the main characters. Written from the point of view of impoverished, uneducated jungle dwellers in Sri Lanka by ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | B.R. Publishing Corporation, 1975 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 301 pages |
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